Recap: Alice sat in the backseat with Dekan, hoping the closeness would make a vision appear to her. Edward and Bella got into the front seat, driving off towards the house where the Cullens lived.
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Edward pulled into the driveway, cutting the engine and racing around to open Bella's door, while Alice and Dekan got out of the back. Alice came around and pulled Dekan inside, Edward and Bella following, holding hands. Carlisle and Esme were sitting in the living room reading while Jasper was on the computer playing a game. Rosalie and Emmett were up in their bedroom, preoccupied.
"Alice, who is your friend?" Esme asked, standing up and walking towards Alice and Dekan, Carlisle behind her.
"Mom, Dad this is Sam Uley's cousin Dekan. She's staying with Sam for a while. Her trunk hasn't arrived yet and she agreed to let me dress her!" Alice said excitedly, smiling.
"A pleasure to meet you, dear." Esme said, kindness showing in her face. "Don't let Alice get too excited; you may end up completely decked out before you can blink." Dekan chuckled, not knowing how right Esme was.
"Any friend of Alice's is welcome here anytime. If you're ever at the hospital, look for me. Just ask for Dr. Cullen and they'll point you my way." Carlisle said, smiling.
"Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Cullen. You have such a beautiful house. And thank you, Dr. Cullen. With my luck, you'll be seeing me regularly." Dekan joked, laughing softly.
"Come on, Dekan! You need to get dressed! Those sweat pants and t-shirt just won't do!" Alice said, once again pulling Dekan away, up the stairs to the bedroom she and Jasper shared. "Bella! Get up here!" Alice shouted, startling Dekan. Bella came in a few minutes later, her lips a bit puffy.
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Alice was finally satisfied with Dekan's clothing an hour later, after having made her try on at least three dozen different outfits. Dekan was a bit tired, but loved having other girls around. She started to feel normal. Back home, she couldn't really afford to have many female friends in fear of what her stepfather might do or say. Finally settling on a pair of designer jeans that cost more than all of her clothes combined, along with an off the shoulder loose fitting pink cashmere shirt and a pair of white ballet slip on shoes. Alice brought Rosalie in, introducing them, and letting Rosalie go to work on Dekan's hair and makeup. Yet another hour passed before Rosalie finished, stepping back. Bella gasped softly and Alice jumped up and down softly, clapping her hands. Rosalie looked smug at the good work she done. Alice ran into the bathroom, grabbing the hand mirror and ran back into the bedroom, handing it to Dekan. Dekan held it up and gasped too.
"Alice…Rosalie…I…you both…" Dekan started, staring into the mirror. "You two are miracle workers!"
Alice chuckled and Rosalie preened under the attention. Bella just stared in awe. 'She looks so beautiful.' Bella thought, a smile on her face. "I wonder what Sam and the rest of the guys would say if they saw you right now." Bella commented.
Dekan turned to face Bella, her face thoughtful. "Well, I'm not sure. Sam might be happy, and Emily and Kim. And Seth too. But I don't think the rest of them like me as much, especially Jake and Embry." She said, shrugging. At the mention of Jake, Bella looked away.
Edward, Jasper, and Emmett walked up the stairs, knocking on Jasper and Alice's bedroom door. "Come in!" Alice called out, positioning Dekan so they would give her an honest reaction when they entered. The door opened, and all three guys stopped, looking at Dekan. She blushed, of course.
"I see that Rose and Alice got a hold of you." Edward said, smiling. "You look fantastic." he complimented, Jasper and Emmett nodding their agreement.
"Thank you, Edward." Dekan said, blushing even more and looking away. She wasn't really used to this kind of attention, nor compliments.
"Can we go eat now? I'm starving!" Emmett asked, going over to Rosalie.
"Yes, let's go eat!" Alice called out, taking Jasper's hand and skipping downstairs. The rest of the crew filed out of the bedroom.
"I'll take Bella in my car. Jasper, you and Alice, and Rosalie, you and Emmett. Who do you want to ride with, Dekan?" Edward said.
"Oh, well…" Dekan started, only to be cut off by Alice. "She's riding with me! I want to show her off!" Alice giggled, taking Dekan's hand and pulling her to her car. Dekan's jaw dropped. Alice smiled, getting into the back seat with Dekan, still fussing over her hair and clothes. Jasper shook his head and got in and off they went.
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Dekan sat back in the booth, completely full. Bella chuckled and did the same thing a moment later. Emmett was cleaning not only his plate, but Rosalie's too.
"So, do you have any pictures?" Alice asked out of the blue.
"Oh, yes I carry a couple." Dekan said, getting her bag and pulling out a few wallets of her and her mother, and some of her old childhood dog, and a couple of her and Sam when they were younger. She handed the pictures over to Alice; Jasper and Edward leaning over to look at them too.
"You're mom's Quileute?" Edward asked, looking from the pictures to Dekan.
"She's half Quileute." Dekan replied.
"So why don't you get to go to La Push's school?" Rosalie asked.
"I don't know. Mom and Aunt Noni said something about not being eligible." Dekan said, shrugging.
"But you're what, a quarter Quileute? That qualifies." Bella piped in.
Dekan shrugged, playing with her straw. "That's just what they said."
Alice took the pictures, passing them to Bella so she, Rosalie, and Emmett could see them. "So your dad's white?" Bella asked, trying to find similarities between Dekan's mom and Dekan.
"Yeah, but I never knew him. Mom married Jerry when I was 10." Dekan said, distaste in her voice when she mentioned Jerry.
'She doesn't look at all like her mother.' Alice thought, looking at Edward. Edward gave a very slight shake of his head, agreeing with Alice. Jasper looked at Dekan, thinking she looked familiar some way. This thought was caught by Edward, who looked at Jasper. Anything could be possible considering you're a vampire who has already lived a long time.
"Are you adopted?" Bella asked randomly.
"Of course not." Dekan replied instantly.
"Well, no offense, but you don't really look like your mother. She has attached ear lobes; you don't. Her skin is dark and you're quite pale. Her eyes are brown; yours are a blue-green. Her hair is brown; yours is blond. She carries the dominant genes, yet you ended up with the recessive. That's rare." Bella spouted out. Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie all glared at Bella.
"I'm not adopted. I guess I just took everything after my father." Dekan said snatching her pictures and putting them back in her bag. She left some money on the table, and then walked out of the restaurant.
"Me and my big mouth." Bella said, sighing, feeling horrible that she did that. Edward rubbed her shoulder, taking Dekan's money off the table, planning on giving it back to her. He paid for the meal, and the rest of the group went out to their vehicles, Dekan riding with Alice and Jasper again.
"Can you just take me to Sam's?" Dekan asked, getting into the car.
"Oh, sorry, we have to be home at 10 or mom gets upset…" Jasper said quickly, looking at Alice who nodded, agreeing with the lie.
"That's okay. Can you just drop me off at the border of La Push?" Dekan asked.
"Don't you think you should call Sam? It's a long walk." Alice said.
"Yeah." Dekan replied, looking for her phone. 'Crap. I must have left it at Sam's.' she thought.
"On second thought, I think a walk would be good for me." Dekan said, recognizing the sights, seeing they were close to La Push's border.
"Are you sure?" Alice asked one last time as Jasper stopped the car.
"Yes. Thank you for the lovely dinner. I'll return your clothes, Alice." Dekan said, opening the door.
"Keep them. Think of them as a thank you for letting me dress you up." Alice said, chuckling. Dekan smiled.
"Tell the rest I said thank you and goodnight. I'll see you all on Monday." Dekan said, shutting the door and walking to Sam's house in La Push. It was going to be a long walk. 'Could Bella be right?' she asked herself as she walked. 'No, she's wrong. I just took after my father.' Dekan thought, arguing with herself.
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It was Seth and Jared's turn at patrol, them both spotting someone walking in La Push, talking to themselves. Jared looked over at Seth.
'Who is that?' Jared asked, in his wolf form.
'I think its Dekan. But why is she walking?' Seth replied, also in his wolf form.
'I don't know. I guess she was with the leeches and they couldn't set foot here.' Jared said.
'Give me 20 minutes to walk her to Sam's.' Seth said, transforming back to human form and jogging to catch up to Dekan. Jared nodded, going back to patrolling.
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"Dekan! Wait up!" Seth shouted, catching up to her. His eyes went wide when he took in her appearance. "Wow…you look…amazing…" Seth said honestly.
Dekan gasped and blushed. "Thank you, Seth. What are you doing out here so late?" Dekan asked.
"Ah just hanging out with Jared. I thought you might need an escort to Sam's." Seth replied.
"That'd be great, thanks Seth." Dekan said, taking the arm that Seth offered. They walked together to Sam's house in comfortable silence, Dekan mulling over what Bella said. Seth and Dekan walked up the steps to Sam's house, Seth opening the door.
"Aren't you supposed to be with Jared?" Sam asked, seeing Seth.
"Yes, but I thought I'd escort Dekan to the door, being a gentleman and all." Seth said. "Don't worry, I'm going." he added, walking back outside.
"Did you and Bella have fun?" Emily asked, putting dishes away. "And it looks like Alice got a hold of you."
"Yeah, Alice and Rosalie both. She even gave me these clothes!" Dekan said, still surprised. "And Bella...she's nice."
"What happened?" Sam asked, picking up on his cousin's tone.
"She thinks I'm adopted because my mom and I don't share certain genetic crap." Dekan said, sitting on the couch. Sam had no reply. "Do you know where my cell phone is? I think I left it here." Dekan said.
Sam looked over on the couch, picking up a silver cell phone and handing it to Dekan. Dekan pocketed the cell phone without a second thought.
"I think I'm going to call it a night. See you all in the morning." Dekan saving, waving and walking to her bedroom, stripping and putting on the shirt that Embry gave her, getting in bed and closing her eyes.
It was Dekan's fault that she and Jake had such similar cell phones and that Jake took hers by mistake.
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Author's note: Oooo drama! What's going to happen? Is Lola really Dekan's mom? What's going to happen with the cell phone mix up? And where's Jerry?! Don't worry, these questions will be answered in due time! Meanwhile, I want to thank my lovely reviewers! Lecia, rockangel777, amalin06, you all so totally rock! And of course a huge thank you to my lovely beta, Nessa Blade! Mwaaaah! Leave me reviews! Love it or hate it, I want to know! Please? PLEASE?! PRETTY PLEASE? With a (insert your favorite Twilight character's name here) on top? Mwaaaah!